A new group, calling itself the Earthquake Faction, has attacked an Israeli arms industry logistics center in Pardubice, Czech Republic. The group even posted footage of the incident on Telegram, with it going viral on social media.
The video shows masked perpetrators entering various parts of the factory and setting equipment on fire. No injuries were reported, according to Echo24, but the attack is being investigated as a terrorist incident.
The fire was set in an area housing various companies, including the Czech company LPP Holding. This company had announced several years ago that it wanted to produce and develop drones in Pardubice together with the Israeli company Elbit Systems. LPP Holding has been vocal in its support of Israel and its attacks in Gaza.
NOTICIA DE ÚLTIMA HORA: Un nuevo grupo, llamado Facción Earthquake, ha atacado un centro logístico de la industria armamentística israelí en la República Checa, 👇
La Facción Earthquake intervino para destruir su equipamiento e incendiar la fábrica. No hubo heridos. pic.twitter.com/fOyp9xHITa
— Comrade Héctor 2 🇵🇸🪂 (@ComradeHector2) March 20, 2026Interior Minister Lubomír Metnar has convened a crisis team to investigate the attack. The case is being investigated as a suspected terrorist act by the National Center for Combating Terrorism, Extremism and Cybercrime (NCTEKK) and the Supreme State Prosecutor’s Office in Prague.
According to one account on X, the fire was the launch event for Earthquake Faction to destroy a “site built to ‘service the global expansion of Israel’s biggest weapons producer.'”
BREAKING: 'The Earthquake Faction' launches by setting ablaze Elbit's Israeli weapons manufacturing centre in the Czech Republic.
The site was built to "service the global expansion of Israel's biggest weapons producer".
No one was harmed, but photos show the site destroyed. pic.twitter.com/uU31RdFQUZ
— The Aftershock (@The_Aftershock_) March 20, 2026
